The last direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian delegations was in Istanbul in July
The Ukrainian authorities have shown no desire to continue dialogue with Russia despite prior agreements reached in Istanbul to set up working groups, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
“During the last meeting in Istanbul, the delegations put forward proposals to create working groups to discuss all modalities on key issues. Now, a pause has occurred. The pause is due to the Kiev regime’s unwillingness to continue the dialogue,” Peskov said during press briefing.
Peskov was responding to a question from journalists about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who said last week that Russia had a “good plan” and voiced interest in talks with Ukraine.
“Vladimir Alexandrovich needs to calm down – there is a good proposal on the table,” Lukashenko said Friday, without giving details of the offer Vladimir Zelensky has been presented, adding only that it had earlier been discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Direct talks between Moscow and Kiev resumed in Türkiye early this year. Three rounds of negotiations, the last of which was conducted in July, have not yielded any major breakthroughs, but have allowed the two sides to make certain progress with regard to various humanitarian issues. Russia and Ukraine have held several major prisoner swaps, as well as exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers.
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